IPNews® – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its judgment upholding the Maker’s Mark wax seal trade dress.
The appellate court upheld an original ruling in a trademark infringement case filed by Maker’s Mark back in 2003. Diageo, a Cuervo affiliate, had appealed the decision which also ordered Diageo to stop
IPNews® – Lamborghini recently filed for the trademark ‘Huracan’ in classes 12 & 28 for passenger and model cars.
Although it is unknown as to just what kind of car the ‘Huracan’ will be, some have speculated that it is the re-name for the recently announced upcoming Lamborghini Urus SUV. The luxury car company has
IPNews® – Fearing a trademark infringement lawsuit from denim giant Levi Strauss & Company, a North Dakota-based retailer filed first asking a judge to settle the dispute.
Vanity Clothing of Fargo filed a complaint in response to a cease and desist letter that it received from Levi Strauss related to the “V” pocket design on
IPNews® – Apple and Samsung are facing an order by a Judge to limit patent and trademark claims against one another.
Judge Kho of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has recently ordered that Apple and Samsung attempt to simplify the case prior to trial so as not to confuse a
IPNews® – New York-based Sephora has been sued by boutique retailer MiN New York related to use of the term “Fragrance Flights.”
MiN began offering the fragrance sampling experiences to its customers in 2010. In response to MiN’s trademark infringement claims, Sephora is alleging that the concept and term Fragrance Flights is generic, does not
IPNews® – Burberry Group, the London high fashion house, has filed a complaint with a New York federal court, asking it to declare that the British company did not infringe on the trademark for late actor Humphrey Bogart.
Burberry, which licensed the image from Corbis of Bogart wearing a Burberry trench coat in his portrayal
IPNews® – President Obama has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to file for the trademark ‘GI Bill’ in order to stop for-profit schools from using the Bill to target members of the military and their families.
Many of these schools are non-accredited and are participating in what some are calling scams to take advantage
IPNews® – Duff Beer UG, a German-based brewer, is attempting to register the trademark “Duff” with the European Union general court, in its attempt to cash in on cartoon character Homer Simpson’s favorite beverage.
The German beer maker is asking a Luxembourg court to overturn a ruling from the EU trademark agency that prevented it
IPNews® – Fiat has registered the 4C trademark with the USPTO, indicating that the Italian sports car line Alfa Romeo is making its return to the United States automotive market.
The 4C trademark, issued April 10th, will not only cover the line of fast cars, but will also cover Alfa Romeo-related clothing and accessories. The
IPNews® – The world’s big four tobacco companies including Phillip Morris are attempting to protect their trademarks in Australia due to new legislation there that will greatly limit trademark use on cigarette packaging.
The new law will require that all tobacco products be sold in mostly unbranded packaging, without any logos, and include warnings about